Ride The Fire
No-one has actually suggested that we'll starve.....
The problems unfortunately are due to the fact that FlyBE are in a 'spot of bother' (to put it extremely lightly), and as such as recruiting by the bucket-load at the moment.
Because they can't afford to 'lose' crews to training, the Dash FO's who are due to get onto the jet are being told to stay put, and new-hire guys are going straight on the 146 (apparently for 3-8months but we all know that's a loads of balls and they'll stay on it longer).
So you have the Dash FO's waiting to go on the jet, who are effectively losing 8months of increased salary, and 8months of jet time.
A new hire guy will pay £5000 for a type-rating (probably the cheapest you'll get anywhere), will stay with the company for 8months building jet-time, and then when asked to re-bond and go onto the Dash, 99% will turn it down and leave the company, taking with them their cheap type-rating and jet hours, much to the disgust of those of us who want to get on the jet and stay on it.
And when it finally comes to those of us getting on the jet (who the positions should rightly go to now) - there isn't a chance in hell we'll have a bond for £5000. It'll be back to the £13000 it is at the moment.
Fair???? Fair my ar*e. This is only prompting more crews to look elsewhere for employment after being shafted by the company who they helped drag from the depths by working their backsides off for so long.